Improvement in egg-packing boxes



N. L. JANNEY. improvement in Egg Packing-Boxes. N0. 119,613', PaentedOct. 3,1871.

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NATHAN L. JANNEY, OEWILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDWILLIAM L. GILBERT, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN EGG-PACKING BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,613, dated October3, 1871.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, NATHAN L. JANNEY, of Wilmington, in the county ofNew Castle and State of Delaware, have invented a new and IniprovedEgg-Packing Box; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing making a part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a transverse vertical section, and Fig. 2 is a top viewofthe box open.

This invention relates to an improved eggpacking case; and consists inthe construction of a box and the arrangement within it of perforatedshelves, egg-pouches, and vertical partitions, whereby I am enabled tosecure advantages of cheapness and simplicity in the case itself, andalso convenience in packing and unpacking, and safety in thetransportation of eggs.

Referring to the drawing, a is the box; b, the parallel transversepartitions of the lower row, the same resting on the bottom of the box;c, the sheet-metal lower perforated shelf resting on the partitions I);b', the parallel transverse partitions of the second row, the samerestin g on the shelf c,- o, the second shelf resting on the partitionsb. All these partitions are kept in place by the vertical grooves e inthe sides of the box.- The shelves must be so far apart that the eggswill not touch them at their lower ends, and the holes in the shelvesmust be so distant from each other that the eggs cannot touch sidewise.The bags j', into which the eggs enter a little more than half theirlength, are each composed of two oval pieces of flannel, muslin, orother suitable material sewed together at the edges, with a ring placedbetween them. When the pieces are sewed together the ring is turnedcrosswise of the bag and the latter is then doubled together,

one half lying within the other, forming the pouches fwith the rings attheir open ends, which rings prevent the bags from dropping through wheninserted in the holes in the shelves. After pouching the eggs andfilling the holes in one shelf a piece, g, of cloth, should be spreadover the eggs, and the partitions then inserted above the cloth g, whichwill then run zigzag over the eggs and under the partitions.

The pouches and cloths serve to keep the eggs dry, and the pouchessuspend them in such a manner as to secure them against shocks intransportation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The improved case for receiving or holding eggs, formed of the box a,provided with vertic al grooves, the series of vertical partitions b b',the horizontal perforated shelves c c', and the double egg-pouch and ring, arranged in the manner shown and described.

NATHAN L. JANNEY.

